"Hey, that adventurer over there. That's right, I'm talking about you!"
A guy hiding in the corner beckoned at an adventurer. He looked sneaky and extremely wretched.
The adventurer who was stopped by him immediately became vigilant. "Me? What's the matter? "
"I can see that you're a one-in-a-million genius. The task of maintaining world peace depends on you. I have a few secret manuals for practicing combat techniques. I see that you and I are fated to meet, so I'll give you a discount. I'll sell them to you for ten silver coins!"
The adventurer was stunned. He was instantly excited. "You, you're a master living in seclusion here?!"
"Shh …"
The mysterious merchant trembled as if he was trying to hold back his laughter. "Heaven's secrets are not to be revealed."
"Oh!"
The adventurer was immediately alarmed. He then asked softly, "Master, what secret manuals do you think are suitable for me to practice?"
"I have 'One Hundred and Eight Tactical Postures', 'One Hundred Ways to Use the Touch of Reincarnation', 'Flor's Dragon-Slaying Technique', and 'Dragon Taming Manual'. Each of them is extremely rare … Which one do you want?"
The adventurer's breathing quickened. The names of these secret manuals were enough to make one's blood boil. "I, I want all of them …"
"You want all of them? You're such an honest young man! "
The Mysterious Merchant praised and then patted him on the shoulder. "Originally, the fate between you and me was only enough for you to buy one book, but since we've met by fate, I'll sell them all to you for 40 silver coins."
The adventurer could not wait to take out a gold coin. "Keep the change!"
After handing the book to the adventurer, the mysterious merchant leaned over and whispered, "Remember, because the content inside is too important, you must read it carefully when there's no one around. If others find out, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"I understand!"
The adventurer nodded solemnly. He turned around and was about to leave when he suddenly paused. "Oh right, Master, how should I — Master?!"
When the adventurer turned around again, he realized that the mysterious master had disappeared!
The adventurer could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. That elusive figure was indeed a master!
It was the right decision for him to come to Ellington to try his luck!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly ran back to his room in the tavern. After carefully locking the door, he solemnly opened the first book, Tactical Posture Research.
He was a warrior. Just from the name of this book, he knew that it was the foundation. He had to be the first to learn it.
"Do I have to …?"
After opening the cover, the adventurer was stunned. What appeared in front of him was another title, "108 Styles of Yulia", written by the Japanese monk. What the hell is this!?
But after he flipped through a few pages, his eyes were immediately attracted to it …
"Boom!"
The red-faced adventurer closed the book forcefully and took a deep breath. "No! This must be the master's test for me! Or did the master take the wrong book? "
The adventurer who had doubts in his heart rejoiced and opened the second book, "100 Ways to Use the Reincarnation Touch." Then, he saw the second title, "God's Hands — Kato's Finger Technique Manual."
"Ohhhh!! This is it! "
Just by looking at the name, he knew that this must be an extremely powerful master!
The adventurer became excited again. When he flipped open the first page, he instantly froze.
"How, how could it be this —"
Before he could feel disappointed, his mind was once again immersed in that extremely delicate painting style. That peerlessly beautiful body was vividly displayed on the paper, and the nimble fingers seemed to be his own fingers as they danced on the painting ….
The adventurer's eyes were fixed on the painting, unable to move away. "This must be some kind of secret method that I don't know. There must be a great secret hidden in these paintings. The secret manual that the master taught me must be in here. I must study it in detail …"
Outside the window, the mysterious cloaked merchant looked at the adventurer's evil right hand and revealed a gratified smile.
The young man was teachable …
In a flash, the mysterious merchant disappeared once again.
In just a few days, rumors of the mysterious merchant appeared in Ellington. It was said that he had secret manuals that hid peerless battle techniques and would only sell them to fated people. Therefore, the adventurers who wandered around the Ladya Hills crazily flocked to Ellington, desperately searching for traces of the mysterious merchant.
Those thin little books seemed to have become some kind of secret treasure, attracting the attention of countless people.
All the adventurers who had dealt with the mysterious merchant kept their promises and kept it a secret. They didn't even know that there were many "lucky people" like them in Ellington. Therefore, they were very curious as to how the news had spread.
In addition, the newly established Tang Publishing House of the Datang Chamber of Commerce in Ellington also attracted the attention of many people. Many people didn't know what a publishing house was, but when they saw the elves selling things in the shop next to the publishing house, they suddenly understood and began to rush to buy.
Those were storybooks sold by the elves!
Every book also came with a literacy manual that taught you how to read from scratch. You could also read the stories, and the price was only ten silver coins. Of course they would buy it! Even listening to the stories of the bards in the taverns would cost a silver coin. You could read the storybooks yourself, and you could even collect them. It was too worth it!
Other than Ellington, where would there be such cheap paper, and where would there be such extravagant books sold at such a low price!
Thus, the first novel published by Tang Publishing House, "Those Things in a Different World", instantly became popular. It was sold out as soon as it was released, and it was sold out again. The author, the elven beauty Danterian, also became famous. She became a well-known figure in Ellington, signing books until her hands went limp.
In a short period of time, the story of the main character, Long Aotian, in the world called Earth became the topic of conversation for many Ellington residents. Tang Daily News and Tang Broadcasting Station even set up a special program for this, serializing and reciting excerpts of the story, and promoting the novel at the same time.
Compared to Danterian, although San Ye was more popular, she was undoubtedly less well-known. This was because, under Tang En's instructions, she used a pen name — — Black Dragon Ding Ding.
In addition, what she drew was a book, and after all, it was not easy to promote it openly, so basically no one knew San Ye's true identity.
Looking at the piles of silver coins, Fiona sucked in a breath of cold air. In just a few days, they had made a profit of nearly a thousand gold coins! If each book was sold for ten silver coins, that would mean that he had sold ten thousand books!
Because the cost of paper and printing was extremely low, and the elves did not need Tang En to pay them a salary, these thousand gold coins were equivalent to pure profit!
This was also because the market was too small, and there was only Ellington. What if the market continued to expand? What if the books were sold all over the country?
Tang Dynasty Publishing House was not printing and selling books, they were clearly printing money!
"You're thinking too much."
Facing the excited Fiona, Tang En poured cold water on her. "First of all, because this is Ellington, due to the policies and construction in the past half a year, they have some surplus in their hands. Coupled with the lack of spiritual entertainment, this created the illusion that sales are booming. Of course, the most important thing is because our great hero, Ms. Danterian, personally went to sell the books. The elves appeared in human society and personally sold the books, so they could be in close contact with her. This is the real reason for the booming sales."
Fiona frowned slightly. "So … the market in other places is not as big as you think?"
"No, the market is definitely very big. The people's demand for spiritual entertainment is greater than you think, but the first problem is to solve the problem of low productivity. Only by solving this problem will they be in the mood to enjoy entertainment."
Tang En shrugged. "Besides, Danterian and the elves will definitely not go to places outside of Ellington to promote their sales. Do you think that there will be so many people rushing to buy the books?"
"I understand."
Fiona's face was full of admiration. "My Lord, your vision is always a few steps ahead of mine."
Tang En laughed dryly. In any case, he was someone who had experienced the explosion of information. If he could not analyze this, how could he survive?
"The income from Danterian's novels is there, but what about the income from Ms. Clover's comics?"
Fiona looked at Tang En with a strange expression. "You said that you were in charge of this. How is the sales situation now? I don't see it being sold in the market. "
"Oh, here you go."
Tang En took out a few bags and threw them on the table. Fiona looked at them and was stunned. "There are actually five thousand gold coins!? Oh my God! How did you sell it!? Did you go to Bein and Alinx to sell it? "
"Of course not, it's just Ellington."
"How is that possible!?"
Fiona's face was full of disbelief.
Tang En shrugged. "It can't be helped if you don't believe me. Believe me, the audience of comics is larger than novels … Well, that's it."
Because there was less text content in comics, even illiterate people could easily understand the interesting content in them. Therefore, those illiterate adventurers and mercenaries were more willing to buy comics. This was also very understandable.
Fiona had also seen Ellington's comic called "Future Civet". It was indeed very interesting, but the problem was that Fiona did not see any comics being sold in Ellington.
"Of course, shonen comics are very profitable."
Tang En could not help but touch his nose and said silently, "It's just not as good as reference books …"
At this time, San Ye ran over excitedly. "Tang En, you asked me to draw —"
Tang En was shocked and rushed over. He put his arm around San Ye's neck and said with a smile, "— — 'Dragon Ball', right? I knew you could do it, right? Have you produced a draft already? Let me see! "
"'Dragon Ball'? Oh, that is indeed done. I'm talking about — "
"Oh, you're asking about your pen name? It's actually very simple. It's just a Black Dragon named Ding Ding. Don't you think it's very mysterious? "
Fiona looked at Tang En and San Ye suspiciously. She felt that something was not right.
Pen name?
Ding Ding?
Black Dragon?
Inexplicable!
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